Buddy Deppenschmidt

Deppenschmidt's father, a saxophone player, led an orchestra under the name Buddy Williams[2] after playing with and arranging for Paul Whiteman, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller.

Self-taught, he started playing drums professionally while in his teens and then went on the road with Ronnie Bartley's Orchestra, a territory band which travelled in the western U.S.

[4] After working with Byrd, Deppenschmidt joined the Tee Carson Trio (1963–64), performing at the Marquis Lounge at the Shoreham Hotel in D.C. where they shared the bill with political satirist Mark Russell.

He then moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and formed the band Jazz Renaissance, playing nightclubs, concerts, and festivals with varying personnel and instrumentation.

Deppenschmidt has played with Mose Allison, Chet Baker, Keter Betts, Billy Butterfield, Charlie Byrd, John Coates, Jr., Al Cohn, Matt Dennis, Bob Dorough, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Stan Getz, Al Haig, Lionel Hampton, Barry Harris, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Hinton, Shirley Horn, J.J. Johnson, Larry McKenna, James Moody, King Pleasure, Maxine Sullivan, Clark Terry, Joe Venuti, and Phil Woods.